Summary: If you were given the opportunity to see your friends and the one you love happy, to make everything right again, all at the cost of your life, would you take it? Would Kagome?
A/N: Yes! I finally got back to this story! FINALLY! LoLz. I've got the whole plot and everything figured out and this time I WILL finish it! So I hope you enjoy it!
To See You Happy
Chapter One
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Kagome stomped through the dark forest, repeatedly chanting 'Stupid InuYasha'. Her feet sunk into the wet forest floor and her clothes clung to her skin. She shivered as a breeze swept past and thoughts of revenge filled her head.
"InuYasha!!!! Hurry up!!! It's pouring!!!" Kagome screamed as rain poured in blankets from the open sky. They were on their way back to Keades hut from a two day split-up shard hut.
"Well, if you think I'm so slow, then lets see how fast YOU go!" InuYasha snapped back, allowing Kagome to unexpectedly slid off from his back and in a huge puddle, while he ran off into the forest.
Kagome kept on stalking angrily. Thoughts of 'sitting' the stupid hanyou filled her head and she counted how many steps she took, just so she could 'sit' him that many times.
Kagome blew a wet strand of hair from her face and shivered once more. The truth was, she had no clue where she was going, just walking aimlessly until she found the hut or InuYasha. She shivered again as the wind became colder. She looked around, sensing another presence nearby.
She began to feel fear creep up on her and she quickened her pace. She wished InuYasha was here and hadn't left her alone unprotected.
"You are Kagome, are you not?" A feminine voice made Kagome jump. Her gaze darted around, feebly looking for a source, to no avail, until a figure stepped out from behind the shadows of the tall trees. Kagome drew in a breath. The figures beauty was beyond compare. Its dark brown hair and medium brown eyes sparkled with life and it's slim and curvy figure would make and man drool, not to mention, any girl envy.
"Wha...What...Who are you?" Kagome stuttered. Right now hatred flared inside of her. She was angry at InuYasha for leaving her all alone out here, in unfamiliar territory.
"Do not fear me. I am Asuyane, goddess of time and magic. I have come to make you an offer." The woman's voice was soft.
"Look lady, I'm not interested in your lame...."
"Spare me. I have come to make you an offer for the sake of your friends. Whether or not you accept is completely up to you."
Kagome thought about it for a moment. A thick silence blanketed the small area. Kagome stared at the ground, unsure if she could trust this 'goddess'. But it was an offer of her friends. So, what was the hurt in just listening to it? "Ok, you've got my attention. I'm listening."
"Do you love them? Do you love the kitsune? The demon exterminator and the monk? InuYasha?"
Kagome's initial reaction to the question was to be 'What business is it of yours who I love', but once she heard InuYasha's name, she could do nothing more than answer with her heart.
"Y-yes."
"Then, would you give up your own life for their happiness? Sacrifice your existence for what should've been?"
"What? What do you mean 'what should've been'?"
"I've watched you, Kagome, I've seen how you can transport through times. How you've grown to love... InuYasha, is it? How you mourn for your friends loss. Well, I have come with an offer. An offer that will cost you your life for the happiness of those you love."
"What do you mean 'my life'?" Kagome was having a hard time believing this. But this woman, her voice was sincere. Trustworthy. Which led Kagome to believe that this 'goddess', as she called herself, could be trusted.
"You can change what has happened, make everything right again. You can bring back Shippo's parents and Sango's village. You can erase Miroku's Wind Tunnel. And lastly, you can give InuYasha his happiness back. You can bring Kikyo back. You can erase everything that has happened, all for the cost of your life, your existence."
"Why would it cost my life? And by erasing everything, would it erase their memories of me as well?" Kagome asked through threatening tears. She fought to hold them back, but the battle within her heart was far greater. A battle between her life and the love for her friends.
"Because, Kagome, you have the power of time, which enables you to continue to go through the well without the jewel inside of your body. That power, fused with the love for your friends, in particularly InuYasha, is enough to turn back the hands of time, a power that not even I am great enough to possess. It will cost you your life because love is never free. Love always comes with a price, whether it be heartbreak, innocence, your heart, or your life. You will walk among the living, yet not be seen. Not be noticed. And not be remembered. Now the question is, do you love them enough?"
"I don't...understand...how...what if..." Kagome stuttered.
"Kagome" Asuyane whispered "It's a simple question. Do you love them so much that you would give your own life for their happiness."
"I do...but"
"Then take this" Asuyane handed Kagome a hollow, wooden object "And go and say your goodbyes. Once you have bid them farewell, break this in half and release the magic I have placed inside and all will be as it should."
Kagome reached out and took the wooden stone. She looked at it for a while before glancing back to Kazumi.
"What if...what if I don't want to. What if I like things the way they are??"
"Then it's simple" Kazumi whispered, her form beginning to fade. "Don't break it."
Asuyane had completely disappeared now and Kagome was left alone. She sat down on the ground and stared at the wooden thing. She didn't know what to do. She wanted InuYasha to be happy, as well as everyone else, but she didn't want to leave. She didn't want them to forget her. But no matter what, in her heart, her friends happiness had won the battle long ago. She just didn't want to admit it.
She didn't think she would be able to live without Shippo, Sango, Miroku....or InuYasha. How would she live without InuYasha. How would she live standing by and watching InuYasha and Kikyo be happy? Share the happiness that they were supposed to share?
The sound of someone calling her name snapped her back to reality and she realized that InuYasha was standing before her, waving his hand in front of her face, practically screaming "EARTH TO KAGOME!!"
"InuYasha, I-I'm sorry." Kagome whispered standing up.
"What's with you?" InuYasha asked, eying the soaked girl. She wasn't acting normal at all. Normally that tone of voice would've earned him a good long string of 'sits'
"InuYasha, can I ask you something?"
"What?"
"InuYasha, if you were given the option, would you go back and be happy with Kikyo, or would you prefer things as they are now?"
"Ka-Kagome. What are you...what is this all about?"
"InuYasha, this isn't a trick question. JUST ANSWER IT!"
"I....Well.....I-I....Well I guess...I.....Yeah, I would...take it. But that doesn't mean that..."
"Thank you, InuYasha, that's all I needed to know. I'll miss you." Kagome whispered, slowly backing away from InuYasha, holding the piece of wood against her chest. She could feel her eyes fill with tears and she heard InuYasha asking what she meant. But she didn't reply, she couldn't, she didn't want to.
She came to a stop and looked InuYasha in the eyes, tears spilling from hers. InuYasha took a step forward but stopped when Kagome shook her head.
"InuYasha, I hope, that somewhere in your heart, you will always remember me."
"Kagome, what are you...." InuYasha was cut off as Kagome lifted her hands above her head, a hand on either side of the wood. Kagome held it high, as high as she could, then she carefully applied as much pressure to it as she could. Until she heard those few sickening cracks of splintering wood.
That moment, she could feel wind, lots of wind. Her arms dropped to her sides and she began to feel lifeless. InuYasha watched, horrified. Kagome was surrounded by winds and a blinding blue light. her hair swirled around her and her eyes faded to a charcoal black. InuYasha gasped as the blue light expanded and everything was engulfed in it.
When the blue light ceased, Kagome found herself lying in her bed. She looked around, everything was as it should've been. Her room, her desk, her bed, her... everything. She slowly stood up and walked to the door. She slowly moved her hand to the door knob and opened it. She looked down the hall. 'Was that all been a dream?' She walked down the hall and then down the stairs and saw her mother cooking breakfast in the kitchen.
"M-mom?" Kagome stuttered, unsure if she was there or not. She was happy to see her mother turn and smile at her.
"Kagome, when did you get back? I didn't hear you come in." Ms. Higurashi asked, walking up to Kagome and giving her a hug.
Kagome was now officially confused. She broke away from the hug, eyebrows furrowed, and turned to run out the door.
"I'll be right back mom! I think I... uh.... left something behind!" Kagome yelled over her shoulder as she ran to the well house and jumped in.
"Was that all a dream?"
Kagome jumped in the well and began to feel the weightlessness of being transported back to the Feudal Era. Maybe it was all just a bad dream. Or that's what she thought.
Kagome carefully climbed up the stone wall of the old well and found herself just where she wanted to be. She jumped off the ledge and ran toward the village. Hope almost replaced the blood that flowed through her veins as she burst into the hut. Everyone looked at her. She smiled. They saw her. THEY SAW HER. It was just a dream.
"You guys, I'm so happy! I thought I gave my life for your happiness, and you guys would never see me ever again!" She cried running up to them and hugging InuYasha.
"But Kagome. You did." Everyone whispered, starring at her. She looked down at herself and saw herself begin to fade into nothing. She looked back up, tears filling her eyes.
"No....."
"NO!" Kagome awoke screaming. Her mother rushed into the room. Kagome sat up and looked herself over.
"Kagome, dear, what's wrong?"
"Mom! You can see me?"
"Yes, Kagome, dear, calm down, it was just a dream."
'Just a dream?'
Kagome ran out of her room, bolted down stairs, and out of the house. This was aggravating her. Was it all just a dream? Or was it reality coming back to bite her. She followed her 'dream' just as it had went. She jumped into the well felt herself grow weightless and midnight blue surround her. When she landed, she climbed the well, being careful not the scrap herself. She ran through the woods as fast as she could, occasionally tripping over an overgrown root or a loose rock. Hope filled her veins once more. She saw the village up ahead, but something looked different about it. Kagome quickly brushed that thought aside as she regained her speed and ran up to the hut she was so familiar with. She crossed her fingers as she walked into the small hut.No one was there....
She turned around and thought to herself for a moment. The Goshinboku! Of course! Kagome raced off into the direction of the Goshinboku. Upon arrival, she heard voices, laughter. She peered from behind a tree and saw InuYasha and Kikyo. Though, they looked different than before.
Kikyo was laughing away happily. Her eyes appeared to be full of life. She looked happy and not so cold anymore.
InuYasha was human. His dark hair fell over his shoulders, and his brown eyes were still as dazzling as ever. He looked slightly older, his features more matured, more masculine.
Kagome walked up behind them.
"Inu-InuYasha?" She whispered, but received no reply.
She walked up closer and went to place her hand on his shoulder, but her hand went through.
InuYasha shivered slightly at the familiar touch, but couldn't find a source. The touch, that touch, seemed so familiar, somewhere in the back of his mind, he knew that feeling, yet he saw no one when he turned around. No one standing there. So he turned back to Kikyo a resumed their conversation, effortlessly brushing the thought aside.
Kagome thought for a while...
'I wonder if...'
"Sit."
InuYasha was forcefully pulled to the ground.
'Yes! score one for Kagome!'
"Kikyo..." InuYasha growled, spitting out dirt as he picked himself up.
"InuYasha...I didn't...It wasn't me. I swear!" Kikyo stammered as InuYasha got up from his uncomfortable spot in the ground.
"THEN WHO THE HELL DID IT KIKYO???"
"I-I don't know. Keade placed the rosary on you, maybe there's some type of default. Perhaps we should speak to her about the issue."
Kagome watched sadly after their reteating forms.
They couldn't see her. InuYasha couldn't see her. Asuyane was right. they didn't even remember her. She was happy that everyone else was happy. Everyone but her...
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